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Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said the U.S. detected and tracked a single missile that was launched from Sain Ni, North Korea, and traveled about 620 miles before landing in the Sea of Japan.

Trump said he had spoken to Defense Secretary James Mattis regarding the missile launch calling it "a situation we will handle."

The missile was launched around 3:00 am local time, making it the first missile test by North Korea in two months. In September, the North Koreans fired a ballistic missile that flew for over 2,000 miles before it landed into the Pacific Ocean. The missile reportedly flew east for 620 miles before it fell into Japanese waters after 50 minutes in the air.

Mattis told reporters the missile went higher than any previous North Korean missile test reaching 2796 miles into the sky. In response to the aggression, South Korea fired pinpoint missiles into the water. Mattis added that the actions taken by North Korea "threaten world peace."

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that Trump had been briefed on the situation while the missile was still in the air.

North Korea has conducted 15 missile tests since Trump took office. Pyongyang tested two missiles in July that demonstrated intercontinental range.

Trump has ramped up economic and diplomatic pressure on the North to prevent its development of a nuclear-tipped missile that could strike the U.S. mainland.

A week ago, the Trump administration declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, further straining ties between governments that are still technically at war. Washington also imposed new sanctions on North Korean shipping firms and Chinese trading companies dealing with the North.

North Korea called the terror designation a “serious provocation” that justifies its development of nuclear weapons.

Early Wednesday in Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga echoed the claims from Seoul that North Korea fired an unidentified missile. He said it landed in the Sea of Japan, possibly within 200 nautical miles of the Japanese coast. He called the provocation unacceptable and said Tokyo has filed a strong protest.

Tuesday’s launch came as the U.S. discussed with South Korea next steps on North Korea. The South’s top nuclear negotiator Lee Do-hoon was in Washington for talks with his Joseph Yun, the U.S. envoy for North Korea policy.